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MS. Chandra Shum Shere b. 102

MSS. Chandra Shum Shere b.

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Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: paper

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Donated by Mahārāja Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana in 1909.

MS.Chandra Shum Shere b.102(1)

Contents

MAHĀBHĀRATA: Bhagavadgītā

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 21 fols

Layout

12/17 lines

Hand(s)

Bengali

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 76, p. 27
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 189

MS.Chandra Shum Shere b.102(2)

Contents

ṠIVAGĪTĀ, from the Padma Purāṇa, with commentary by Venkaṭādra Nāyaka.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 5 fols

Layout

14/15 lines

Hand(s)

Bengali

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 790, p. 269
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 275

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Bodleian Libraries' unpublished card catalogue for otherwise-undescribed manuscripts, available in the Charles Wendell David Reading Room.

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions). Contact specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript.

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    John Brockington, A descriptive catalogue of the Sanskrit and other Indian manuscripts of the Chandra Shum Shere collection in the Bodleian Library, Part II: Epics and Purāṇas, Jonathan Katz (editor), (Oxford, 1999), no. 76, p. 27; no. 790, p. 269

    Other descriptions:

    Thomas Gambier-Parry and E. H. Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 189; fol. 275